Carmel O'Brien from Killmaley in Co Clare was the happiest person leaving Punchestown last night after scooping £43,578 in yesterday's Jackpot, writes Brian O'Connor.

Mrs O'Brien was the sole winner of the pool which reached £58,104 and now faces an agonising wait until the end of racing on Friday.

If no one else is a solo winner of the Jackpot, either today or tomorrow, then she will collect a brand new BMW as a special prize to add to her winning pot yesterday.

She must be odds-on to do that which will be a colossal return on what she paid to do the jackpot - two horses in each of the four races came to a grand total of £8!